Hi allHere we go, I have finished the project Gimme Shelter from Blacksun miniature, sculpted by Lux thantor.The base idea was to build 4 bases, one for each mini, associated with magnets:the base constructionThose mini are highly detailled, and thus it was very excited to paint those.I hope you will enjoy to see this, the same than I enjoyed painting them !

Mannaz the rune collector.

mardi, mars 21, 2017

C'est ce que nous souhaitions vous dire, vous qui nous suivez depuis quelques temps.That we want to say, you who are following us since a while.Le 30 septembre 2014, nous lancions ce blog. In 2014 September the 30th, the blog was launched.Deux années et demi après, le bilan est très positif. Two year and half after, the result is very positive:

As explained, the concept done with their tool fits very well with what I received...The question was about the "paintability". After black and white priming, I started the painting job.No real issue, but some place of the mini would have been better if cleaned / prepared a bit more.I starting from the idea the mini was ready to paint, as this is not a molding, thus, nothing to clean really.This is partially true, but there is place where your brush hits some granulosity.It's anyway not really bad, even if like me you spent 0 time preparing the mini.. This is really made for gamers, role players.. and I prove here that you can paint it fast (3 hours roughly) and without spending time to prepare the mini...

Overall, my conclusion would be very positive ! For player, who wants their own hero, role playing character or specific miniature, this is a very good solution. Quick painting after you receive the miniature and you can use it right away..You want a high quality results, just spend some time cleaning the mini, and I think it would be the same quality of surface than most of the other brand.

Some of your figurines have a history? Is this the case for all?

Tous mes nains ont une histoire, et j'ai écrit un livre entier à ce sujet ! Ce petit livre, «Peoples of Inneath, and creatures that fumbles in the dark: Volume I», est le premier d'une collection (j'espére) Il sera publié avec ce Kickstarter, ce sera un avant goût de notre univers.
A l'intérieur, vous trouverez tous les détails sur nos nains, un véritable guide du royaume nain de Kazhuk Izril.All my dwarves have a history, and I have written a whole book about it! This little book, "Peoples of Inneath, and creatures that fumbles in the dark: Volume I", is the first of a (hoping!) long collection will be published together with the figures on this Kickstarter, it shall be the first taste of our fantasy lore. Inside it you will find all the details about our dwarves, a real guide to the dwarven realm of Kazhuk Izril !

I should admit that design tool has really impressed me... so many options, maybe too much.. plan to have time to choose ;) but of course you can save the project for future modification.Here is what I have finally designed, to be ordered :

First of all, one word on ordering. Plan between 15-30 dollars for one 30 mm miniature depending on the plastic choosen + shipping cost.It's from the US, thus domestic shipping is 5 dollars, but international is 15 ! This is I assume a drawback of the system.Therefore, you will not make your full army here.. but looking at the power of the design tool, having your personalized roleplay character (D&D, warhammer etc..) or your specific lord made on purpose for any battle game, is totally feasible.I received the box, 3 weeks later. Very well protected. Miniature is in one part, ready to go ;)I have chosen the premium plastic, and it's really dark/black material

Difficult to take good pictures, the plastic looks very shiny, even probably a bit greasy... Thus cleaning it is mandatory (it's anyway mentioned in their documentation)Look on the shield, you can see the lines, where the plastic depostit is made on printer I guess.If that would have been for a display miniature, I think sanding, smoothing it would be mandatory. However, I decided to prime it black and white, to be able to see better the details, and determine if those stripes will be an issue for painting.

I must say first that final product is perfect comparing to the concept/design... well done.After priming, those printing lines are almost not visible. Of course, this is not molded, so no mold lines to remove.I appreciate that the mini is ready to paint immediately. Concerning the smoothness of plastic, I want now to know if I will feel the lines (like in the shield), when I will start to paint it.